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Minutes of 6/16/2014 APPROVED

July 1st, 2014

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
June 16, 2014

APPROVED

“These minutes of the Town of Carroll Select board have been recorded by its Secretary. Though believed to be accurate and correct they are subject to additions, deletions and corrections by the Select Board at its next meeting when the Board votes its final approval of the minutes. They are being made available at this time to conform to the requirements of New Hampshire RSA 91-A:2.”

Minutes recorded by Dianne Hogan, Finance Clerk

Board members present: Bonnie Moroney, Paul Bussiere, David Scalley

The meeting was called to order at 7 PM by Chairman Moroney.

Members of the public present: Ann Fabrizio, Evan Karpf, Mike Gooden, Judy Cookson, Scott Sonia, Joan Karpf, Michael Hogan, Eric Schloss, Kathy Saffian, John Warren, Donna Foster, Nancy Mitiguy, John Gardner, Margriet Groffen, Richard Gould, Joan Buddington, Patrice Camara, and Sharon Savoy.

Pledge of Allegiance

The meeting was filmed by Jane Ikasalo.

The Board announced the approval of bills and signing of manifests.

Approval of the minutes of 6/2/2014: Selectman Scalley made a Motion to accept the minutes and Chairman Moroney seconded, Selectman Bussiere abstained and the Motion passed unanimously.

Approval of the minutes of 5/19/2014 (Water Workshop): Selectman Bussiere made a Motion to accept the minutes and Chairman Moroney seconded, Selectman Scalley abstained and the Motion passed unanimously.

Transfer Station update: Chairman Moroney spoke to Gary Lavigne and he and Mike Casella will be here on June 30, 2014 to speak on the zero sort. The spreadsheet will be ready for review on that day.

Kathy Saffian: Read a statement, dtd June 15, 2014, regarding the Transfer Station (see attached statement).

Property Tax Warrant-Pesce: Selectman Scalley made a motion to approve, seconded by Selectman Bussiere, and passed unanimously.

Water Warrant-Late Fees and Penalties: Selectman Bussiere made a motion to approve, seconded by Selectman Scalley, and passed unanimously.

Yield Tax Warrant-USG/Timberwolf Logging: Selectman Scalley made a motion to approve, seconded by Selectman Bussiere, and passed unanimously.

Oath of Office-Michael Hogan, Parks & Recreation Committee: Selectman Bussiere made a motion to approve, seconded by Selectman Scalley, and passed unanimously.

Property Tax Abatement-Hogan, G & L (Police Station): Selectman Scalley made a motion to approve, seconded by Selectman Bussiere, and passed unanimously.

Print Shop Update-John Gardiner: Brian Fowler, Project Director, spoke about the history, procedure, benefits of restoring the Bretton Woods Print Shop through the Twin Mountain Historical Society (see attached). Per Chairman Moroney and Selectman Bussiere, they stated that they had contacted the town attorney regarding this and the attorney stated that she did not recommend using the town as a 501 C-3, but could not recall why the attorney did not recommend it. Selectman Bussiere would research it further. Mr. Fowler stated that the NH Preservation Alliance could possibly match monies to the donations received.

Other: none from Board of Selectman

Michael Hogan: presented a copy of the Union Leader (see attached), dtd June 10, 2014 regarding the article about ATV trails in the North Country. Stated that Twin Mountain should look into connecting Berlin/Gorham/North Country with Twin Mountain trails to bring in more revenue. Selectman Bussiere stated that he had spoken to Harold Garneau about this and Mr. Garneau said that there were a lot of road blocks, especially with the feds. Mr. Hogan stated that the town should look at it positively and maybe contact Mr. Brown.

Eric Schloss: Mr. Schloss thanked the people of Twin Mountain for recycling. He quoted figures on revenue from recycling (Selectman Scalley requested a copy of his figures, but Mr. Schloss did not provide a copy of the figures as he stated that it was something he wrote up, but would put something together to provide the BOS). Mr. Schloss stated that they try to offer bins to those who don’t recycle (bins that are left at the station) to encourage them to recycle. He thanked Greg & Lori Hogan for planting flowers and mowing.

Evan Karpf: Suggested that the town post the savings/revenue figures on a board at the recycle station for the public to see as an incentive to recycle. He was told that there was some audio missing on the Channel 2 program. Their IT person went back 24 discs and there is audio on the discs for those interested.

Michael Hogan: questioned whether residents can buy recycle buckets to encourage people to recycle. He noted that a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) study can be done on the Recycle Station in order to get true figures and to see if the R/C can be more efficient.

Richard Gould: commented on single stream and stated that it is not necessarily a good revenue stream because of cross-contamination of items.

Evan Karpf: stated the figures may inspire/motivate people to recycle. Chairman Moroney said that she would like to see what would be posted before anything is put up because of previous issues with signs posted.

Eric Schloss: stated that since April 1st, the transfer station has been running on 58 hrs of labor by 2 personnel and has been running more efficiently as opposed to 3 personnel and 80 hrs.
Selectman Scalley asked Mr. Schloss how long they had the plastics before being sold and Mr. Schloss stated 2 years. Selectman Scalley asked how many man-hours were put into the 39 bales of plastic – Mr. Schloss stated it takes about 2 hrs to complete a bale by 1 person.

Sharon Savoy: she stated that the attitude at the transfer station has changed and that they are doing great there.

Chairman Moroney stated the next meeting will be June 30, 2014.

As there was no further business, the Board was polled and went into non-public session, per RSA 91-A-3 for personnel and legal matters at 7:49 pm.

At the close of non-public session at 8:39, Chairman Moroney moved to return to public session and seal the minutes from non-public session. Selectman Scalley seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

There being no further discussion, Selectman Bussiere made a Motion to adjourn the meeting. Chairman Moroney seconded and the Motion passed unanimously. Chairman Moroney declared the meeting ended at 8:44 pm. The next meeting will be Monday, June 30, 2014.

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